[Asterisk-Users] frame buffering

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Saturday 27 December 2003 16:42, Steven Critchfield wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 16:28, Ing. Angel Gomez Garcia wrote:
> > James Sharp wrote:
> > >>    Hi all.
> > >>
> > >>    Could it be possible that video frame buffering be causing
> > >> problems even if the computer is not running X ?
> > >
> > >Yes.  There are known problems with systems running with either a
> > > frame buffer console or a serial console.  For best results, run
> > > a plain VGA console.
> >
> >     How do I verify that my console is running frame buffering ?
> > and mos important, How do I disable it ? What should I do to run a
> > plain VGA console ?
>
> Is there a penguin in the upper left when it boots, or some other
> graphic? If so your in a frame buffer. To disable requires
> recompiling the kernel and removing the option.

Actually, it's even easier than that to disable:

If you're using LILO:
  1) Edit lilo.conf and remove any line that begins with vga=
  2) run /sbin/lilo -v
  3) reboot

-Tilghman